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μηριαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηριαῖος μηριαῖη μηριαῖον

Structure: μηριαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mhro/s

Sense

  1. of or belonging to the thigh, the thighs

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative μηριαῖος μηριαίᾱ μηριαῖον
Genitive μηριαίου μηριαίᾱς μηριαίου
Dative μηριαίῳ μηριαίᾱͅ μηριαίῳ
Accusative μηριαῖον μηριαίᾱν μηριαῖον
Vocative μηριαῖε μηριαίᾱ μηριαῖον
DualN/A/V μηριαίω μηριαίᾱ μηριαίω
G/D μηριαίοιν μηριαίαιν μηριαίοιν
PluralNominative μηριαῖοι μηριαῖαι μηριαῖα
Genitive μηριαίων μηριαιῶν μηριαίων
Dative μηριαίοις μηριαίαις μηριαίοις
Accusative μηριαίους μηριαίᾱς μηριαῖα
Vocative μηριαῖοι μηριαῖαι μηριαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective μηριαῖος μηριαίου μηριαιότερος μηριαιοτέρου μηριαιότατος μηριαιοτάτου
Adverb μηριαίως μηριαιότερον μηριαιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δὲ ταῖσ μηριαίαισ ἄκραισ τρίχασ ὀρθάσ, βαθείασ, καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖσ ὀσφύσι καὶ ταῖσ οὐραῖσ κάτω, ἄνωθεν δὲ μετρίασ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to the thigh

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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